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Southwest Airlines Co (LUV): Today's Featured Transportation Winner

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Southwest Airlines (
LUV) pushed the Transportation industry higher today making it today's featured transportation winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.5%. By the end of trading, Southwest Airlines rose 13 cents (1.1%) to $11.60 on average volume. Throughout the day, 6.9 million shares of Southwest Airlines exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.5 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $11.50-$11.76 after having opened the day at $11.53 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $11.47. Other companies within the Transportation industry that increased today were:
US Airways Group (
LCC), up 3.6%,
Radiant Logistics (
RLGT), up 3.6%,
Eagle Bulk Shipping (
EGLE), up 3.5%, and
Scorpio Tankers (
STNG), up 2.6%.

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Southwest Airlines Co. engages in the operation of a passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States. Southwest Airlines has a market cap of $8.45 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.7, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate Southwest Airlines a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and five rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Southwest Airlines as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.